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St. Thomas More Cathedral School First Step in “Mission Possible” Program

Surveillance Aerosat Launch

St. Thomas More Cathedral School (STM) will take its first step in the Mission Possible Project – STM-1 — by launching the surveillance aerosat. On May 22, 2013 at 9am in the school’s parking lot, Student Mission Specialists will conduct a series of high altitude tests of the CubeSat. Our mission is four fold: the CubeSat will be lifted to an altitude of approximately 300 feet by the surveillance aerosat; the CubeSat will operate under its own power; the telemetry and command link be established and verified which is the communication between the satellite and ground station; and the onboard cameras — both the Earth Observation Camera and the Asteroid Location Camera — will take test images.